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COMMENTARY: Let’s hold the wealthy and powerful accountable
(RNS) Instead of turning on each other, as the wealthy and powerful want us to do, let's name the bad and incompetent behavior of the wealthy and powerful - and hold them accountable. By Tom Ehrich.
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Muslim group, CAIR, regains tax-exempt status
(RNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim civil rights group that has frequently drawn fire from conservatives, has regained its tax-exempt status. By Bob Smietana.
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COMMENTARY: The temptations - and trappings - of Silicon Valley’s super-rich
(RNS) The privileged see only the prizes they think they earned. Soon, to protect their delusions, they buy politicians and demand that they chase wealth for the greedy by turning the frightened against the vulnerable. By Tom Ehrich.
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Donations to religious institutions decline for second straight year
WASHINGTON (RNS) The National Philanthropic Trust's annual report on philanthropy shows that while charitable giving is increasing, donations to religious organizations decreased for the second year in a row. By Lauren Markoe.
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COMMENTARY: Being pushy is OK when you’re pushing back
(RNS) "Speaking truth to power" sounds like a noble calling until power pushes back. When big givers say "Jump!" it is the rare leader who says anything other than "How high?" It's time for that to change. What a noble service to America it would be if faith communities led the way. By Tom Ehrich.
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Entrepreneur sees hope for clean water on Wal-Mart shelves
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Former youth pastor T.J. Foltz has a vision to provide clean drinking water to the world's poor. Now, after winning a competition to get his "Humankind Water" on the shelves of Wal-Mart, he might just be able to make it happen. By Elizabeth Evans.
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Studies say atheists, believers both do good, but for different reasons
(RNS) Atheists and others who don’t adhere to a religion often say they can be good without God. And now, three new studies seem to back them up. By Kimberly Winston.
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COMMENTARY: How did we get off track?
INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) How did we go from building the interstate highway system to not doing anything unless it benefits us? How did the party of Eisenhower degenerate into would-be demagogues defaming anyone who stands between them and power? How did a nation that fought totalitarianism spy on young adults just for questioning Wall Street? By Tom Ehrich.
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COMMENTARY: Grandiose claims about God poison the common good
(RNS) When people make grandiose claims about "God's will" and "American values" and demonize others who hold different views, we haven't just channeled a tragic yesterday and its wars and pogroms. We have poisoned the well of community on which our nation depends today and made a mockery of God and faith. By Tom Ehrich. About 700.
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Religious groups stand against payday lending practices
(RNS) People of faith are trying to rein in loan practices they believe take advantage of borrowers often least able to pay.
They point to people like Amanda of Jefferson City, Mo., who took out a short-term loan—often called a payday advance—to pay a bill. She ended up taking...
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